ACTIVITY SHEET IN SCIENCE

GRADE LEVEL QUARTER/DOMAIN WEEK & DAY NO. LC CODE

Grade 8 1st QUARTER/FORCE,MOTION Week 2 Day 3 S8FE-Ia-15
& ENERGY
Name : ______________________________ Year & Section: ____________
TOPIC: Forces and Motion
LEARNING COMPETENCY: The learners should be able to relate the Laws of Motion to bodies in a
uniform circular motion.
Activity No. 4
Circular Motion
I. OBJECTIVES
1. Relate the Law of Acceleration to uniform circular motion
2. Describe the direction of the motion in a uniform circular motion
II. LESSON OVERVIEW
Have you experienced watching a show they call as the Wall of Death in which a man
riding in motorcycle move quickly in circular wall without falling? Can you pick a marble using only
an inverted wine glass? Yes! You can pick a marble using an inverted wine glass. This is possible
because of the acceleration in a uniform circular motion. You will find out more about this
principle in the next activity.
Force is needed to keep an object at constant speed using the law of acceleration. For the
circular motion, the force pulls the object toward the center of the circle; yet, it does not affect
the object’s speed, only the direction of the motion as it moves. For uniform circular motion, how
does it maintain the circular path?
III. A. MATERIALS
Soft wire dress hanger
Penny (peso coin)
B. REFERENCES
A to Z School Study with science. (2018, November 22). Centripetal and Centrifugal Force.
https://youtu.be/Ajk352yc_Cs
Campo, Pia C., et al. 2013.Science 8 Learner’s Module.pp.17-18
Madriaga, EstrelitaA.,PhD., et al. 2017. SCIENCE LINKS Worktext for
scientific and technological literacy. Pp. 31-35, 41
Planet Nutshell. (2014, May
05). Centripetal Force.
https://youtu.be/KvCezk9DJfk
 Rabago, Lilia M.,PhD., et al. Dynamic Science: An integration of physical and biological
sciences. Second edition, pp. 57
The Physics Classroom. (n.d).Class / circles. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles
IV. PROCEDURE
REMINDER : Peso coin might fly away, and it may hit someone.
Set-up 1 : Coat hanger in action!
1. Pull the middle of the longest straight part of the hanger out and shape it into a long
narrow shape as shown in the picture.
2. Let the hanger hang on any of your finger (of your convenience) and place a penny on the end
of the wire.
3. Start to swing the coat hanger slowly back and forth.
Q1. Would the coin still stick to the hanger?
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Q2. What do you think is the reason why the coin still sticks on to the hanger?
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4. Swing again, this time do the full hoops.

Figure 4.1: Preparation of Figure 4.2: Inserting coin Figure 4.3: Coat hanger
coat hanger material in the coat hanger swinging back and
forth

Q3. Would the coin still stick to the hanger?

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Q4. What do you think is the reason why the coin sill stick or not to the hanger?
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5. Swing it slower while in full hoops and try to catch the coin.
Q5.Describe the motion of the coin
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Q6. Illustrate the direction of the coin.

 Set-up 2: Let’s play whirling!
REMINDER
Object may fly away, and it may hit someone
1.Tie a pen (or any object that can be use in whirling) in a piece of string
approximately 24 inches.
2.Whirl it horizontally above your head.
Figure 4.5: Centripetal force for object
Q7. Observe what happens.
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3. Continue whirling it then make a sudden release.
Q8. What have you observe when you release the object?
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Q9. Describe how the objects’ travel upon release?

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V. ANALYSIS

1. How does acceleration acts in an object?

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2. Illustrate the direction of the motion of an object when a net force is applied.

3. According to the first law of motion, if there is no net force acting in an object, the object in a
circular motion will continue to move straight and fly off tangential to the path. Therefore, what
is the importance of the net force in a string?
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4. Explain briefly its relation to centripetal force.
a. Kinematics
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 b. Tangential direction/ speed
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VI. GENERALIZATION

1. How can you relate the laws of motion to the direction of the force in a circular motion?
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2. What is centripetal force?

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If the object in uniform motion is accelerating towards the center of the circle, why does it maintain a
circular path at a constant radius and never get closer to the center?
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VII. APPLICATION

Choose only one and explain the uniform circular motion in the following statement:
1. Earth’s gravitational pull on the moon.

2. A runner, who goes around the curve, leans inward.

3. Roads banking in curve areas (or in blind curve)

4. A merry-go-round horses that are farther from the center travel a longer distance than the
ones in the middle.
VIII. ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY
Choose any of the two activities:
A. Make an illustration of a body’s motion in a circular path. (Use arrows
to indicate the direction of the path)

B. Compose a 2 to 3 stanza poem, song or spoken poetry indicating the

Different terms below.
Acceleration Inertia Interaction Uniform circular motion

fly off inward Straight line Tangential direction

Centripetal force Net Circular path Tangential speed

force
 Rubric
Criteria Description Score
4 3 2 1
Concept, Accurate. Not 4-6 Not prepared,
words/phrase
Organization Well prepared/ completely were used, concepts were
10- some are
And 12 words/phrase prepared, 7-9 inaccurate, lacking, 1-3
Mechanics were used. words/phrase words/phrase were
no mechanical were used used.

errors contained
mechanical
errors
Creativity Visually and Effort were Tried to engage Did not catch

and appeal aesthetically shown but audience but attention

did not
engaging/ not enough stimulate
to
appealing hold attention
with props,
etc.
Relevance Establish its clear Established a Attempt to Failed to establish
establish
purpose purpose that a purpose but the purpose
not
is quite relevant
relevant.

Presentation Overall Contained Contain errors, Not prepared,

presentation was errors but not presentation

showed
effective, interfere with an attempt of
the originality and
presentation inventiveness
NOTE: Presentation is recommended at the learners ‘most convenient time of the day but not exceed beyond the grading
period.

Prepared By:
GERLIE Q. MATIC
Master Teacher II, Rizal National High School

Reviewed By:
ROSEMARIE Z. BURAYAG
EPS, Science